Pittwater

- 33.619267151.306441Koordinaten: 33 ° 37 ' 9 " S, 151 ° 18' 23" E

Pittwater is a Ria, the south of Broken Bay parallel to the coast in New South Wales, Australia, and extends to the Ku-ring -gai Chase National Park lies.

History

Pittwater is a flooded river, the. Due to sea water of the Pacific Ocean, the Hawkesbury River and is fed by smaller tributaries On the coastlines of Pittwater lived Guringai, a tribe of Aboriginal, for thousands of years until the British colonization.

As a navigable waterway, he was discovered by the HMS Sirius in 1788, the flagship of the First Fleet, and Pittwater named after the British Prime Minister William Pitt. The first cargo shipments on these waters led by the cargo ship Francis, trading goods for the settlers and farmers from Sydney transported in time from 1793 to 1800. From 1803 to began a fleet of ships, the people belonged, who lived in the Bay Coasters to organize transport between Pittwater, Cowan Creek and Berowra Water. This usually ships sailed in convoy because they wanted to avoid the risk of being attacked by pirates. The cargo ships that sailed these routes were usually built on Scotland Iceland, were not seaworthy and therefore could only go up in the Broken Bay. A customs authority controlled on Pittwater 1843-1900 and built by the Government at Barrenjoey Lighthouse was built in 1881.

The transport shipping on Pittwater came to an end, as a road and a railway line was built in the years 1850-1890, especially as the railway bridge overcame the waterway in 1899. The last to be built in this area cargo ship was built in Blackwall, a suburb of Sydney, in 1912 and lowered into the water; it was doing transport to the year 1914.

Naming

After the Pittwater Pittwater Council, the electoral district of Pittwater and the Pittwater High School were named.